When I was a kid, every single kid in school had a piece of yarn threaded through the arms of their coat, and gloves or mittens attached to each end. Has this gone out of fashion? It was very practical!

I heard a story where a mother would every year knit her grown daughter a lovely pair of mittens…hat and scarf to match. Every winter she manages to lose one mitten…somewhere, Mom decided to gift her this year a lovely hat, scarf and THREE mittens. (needless to say she hasn’t lost her usual mitten this year!). Lol.

What about using the leftover left mitten on halloween scarecrows or decorations. Every year we make a “scary” man on our porch with old overalls etc. You could stuff one glove and put the other “hand” in the pocket.

Big LOL! We are down to one matching pair each for both our boys. I was so frustrated I did the lost and found at school last week but came up empty handed or should I say gloved. I am on the lookout for next years needs but I going to try your suggestion and buy the exact same gloves times six and hope for the best.

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